October 16th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

2001:
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: U.S. warplanes mistakenly bomb International Red Cross warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan.

1972:
Rainbow, a British television programme for children, debuts.

1869:
England's first residential college for women, Girton College, Cambridge, is founded.

1813:
The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.